I can't be a demon

Shen Lian's eyes swept across the morning market, and the starling's head poked out of his coat.

"Ah~"

"Big butt, easy to raise, worthless stuff!"

Shen Lian attracted strange looks from others, grabbed the starling's neck, lowered his head and got into the crowd, "You are here to appraise treasures?!!"

The crowd paid no attention to the man and the bird.

Shen Lian didn't want to show off on this trip, so he took a detour to the nearest alley.

"Next time you dare to talk nonsense, I will put you in a birdcage as soon as you go out."

"Call me Master Ba~"

The starling shook his head slyly.

Shen Lian sighed, not in the mood to continue fooling around with the starling.

He pointed to the martial arts hall a hundred meters away, which was heavily guarded. There were four guards at the door alone, and the plaque read [Black Pine Martial Arts Hall].

"As usual, to get information, two taels of peanuts."

"Eighth Master wants three taels."

"Go, go."

Shen Lian waved his hands weakly, and the starling flew into the Black Pine Martial Arts Hall.

He found a stall nearby and observed the warriors coming in and out with his peripheral vision. He could usually tell whether they had a gang background from their attire.

The Black Pine Martial Arts Hall has been established for twenty years, and its martial arts heritage is very comprehensive.

It is unclear what the business is like behind the scenes, but at least it is stable on the surface. Many children of wealthy businessmen have joined the Black Pine Martial Arts Hall.

Shen Lian waited until noon before the starling returned to his side.

This time, the starling did not shout loudly, but whispered in Shen Lian's ear.

After hearing this, Shen Lian's expression changed, and he left the morning market without hesitation and went to the next Baichao Martial Arts Hall.

"I've found something big."

"According to what the maids talked about, the women in the Black Pine Martial Arts School often have unexplained miscarriages, and all the dead babies are buried under the rockery in the backyard."

"There are only about ten women in a large martial arts school. It's unrealistic to give birth every month. Ha, it can't be the ghost mother in Caotang Miscellaneous Notes, right?"

"In my opinion, the Black Pine Martial Arts School must be secretly engaged in human smuggling. That is a capital crime. No, no."

Shen Lian came to the Baichao Martial Arts School, which specializes in light kung fu and leg techniques.

Myna made another secret observation, and found that the Baichao Martial Arts School didn't have too many moths, but it was a pity that it had not recruited martial artists in the past six months.

Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Lian had to consider it tomorrow.

On his way back to the pawnshop, he passed by the alternative Chaoxiong Martial Arts School.

The Chaoxiong Martial Arts School was of average size and had only been established in Yanliang Town for half a year. The owner was an outsider martial artist, which made Shen Lian feel apprehensive.

The rivers and lakes are deep, and many foreign warriors have committed crimes in their hometowns.

The advantage is that they are not closely related to gangs.

Shen Lian released the mynah bird, who was responsible for vigilance and attracted the constables when they encountered danger.

He pushed open the half-closed door of the martial arts hall, and saw more than a dozen children squatting in horse stance, some of whom were shaking with legs and crying.

A middle-aged man with a cold face poured piercing well water on the back of the children.

The owner of the Tide Hall is named Bai Haibo. He looks like a rough man in his early forties. His thick muscles show that he is an expert in external martial arts.

The situation of the martial arts hall should be average. The clothes Bai Haibo wore have been washed white.

"Only by enduring hardships can you achieve unparalleled merits! San'er, sink your qi into the dantian..."

"Huh?"

Shen Lian raised his eyebrows and noticed that there were some fish scales on Bai Haibo's half-exposed neck.

Seeing a guest coming, Bai Haibo motioned the child to rest for a while, then came to Shen Lian and clasped his fists to show his goodwill.

"Young master, are you here to learn martial arts?"

Shen Lian did not reply, Bai Haibo hurriedly explained: "I am Bai Haibo, I worked in Longxing Escort Agency in Yanliang Town for thirteen years, and I just founded a martial arts school recently. I am not a bad person."

"If you want to join, the money will definitely be cheaper than other places."

Bai Haibo bent down and knelt, and the burning blood rushed to his face.

"The Tide Martial Arts School focuses on hard qigong and boxing. The inheritance is placed in the [foundation building] realm, which can definitely be regarded as the middle level."

"Then why are you so miserable?"

The folks divide the merits of martial arts inheritance into three levels: upper, middle and lower. The middle level can be ranked in the top even in Yanliang Town.

"This martial arts is suitable for aquatic places. There are no big rivers near Yanliang Town."

Bai Haibo asked and answered, occasionally testing Shen Lian's tone.

It can be seen that he really doesn't want to miss Shen Lian.

The children of Chaoxi Martial Arts School are born in poverty. They are sent here to learn martial arts for multiple options. They can become guards, escorts, etc. in the future. How can their families have extra money to support them to become martial artists?

Bai Haibo currently has no direct disciples, all of them are outer disciples. The business of the martial arts school is probably not enough to make ends meet.

Poor in literature, rich in martial arts.

A rich man like Shen Lian, even if he is older, can make up for the gap by taking big medicine, so that he can have the hope of refining his body and building a foundation.

"Master Bai, your fish scales are..."

Bai Haibo replied with a silly smile: "External skills polish the body, it is inevitable that [special] will be produced, but you can rest assured, young master, if you are not a sea dweller, fish scales are almost invisible."

"Special? I have heard a little bit."

Shen Lian heard Shen Hansheng say this. The appearance of people who practice martial arts is different from ordinary people, but he did not expect that there would be such exaggerated fish scales.

He recalled the two Jinwu guards, one with scars all over his skin, and the other with dry and pale hair.

"You should know the Hunshan Martial Arts School in the north city, both of them are famous for their external skills."

"The special external skills of the Hunshan Martial Arts School make the body hair abundant. After the skills are perfected, the hair is difficult to be damaged by swords, but you can no longer get close to women..."

"Okay, I will come to the school during this period of time."

Bai Haibo opened his mouth slightly, the young man in front of him was indeed a little strange.

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Chapter 6 There are always ghosts who want to harm me

Shen Lian returned to the pawnshop and asked the clerk to find out something.

Although Bai Haibo is a foreigner, he has a good reputation. The reason why he opened a martial arts school is purely because he injured his foundation while escorting.

The inheritance of the Tide Martial Arts School is external skills, which are used to polish the body, and there is no internal skills.

So once the foundation is damaged, the external skills are difficult to lock the blood. At the age of 40, Bai Haibo is destined to have blood and qi decline.

This is the case for warriors. The peak is in their thirties and forties.

Shen Lian is very curious about this.

No matter how he inquired about the news, there was no rumor that martial arts could prolong life. How did Zhu Sanxing live for more than 500 years?

"Is there a saying about cultivating immortals?"

Shen Lian immediately gave up the idea. Immortals would not hide and kill a few mortals.

He became more and more interested in martial arts, but unfortunately, internal skills were very rare, so he could only start with external skills. Tide Martial Arts School was the best choice.

Tide Martial Arts School has middle-level martial arts. Even if the environment in Yanliang Town is not suitable, the foundation effect is definitely better than that of lower-level martial arts.

Since he has made up his mind, Shen Lian is no longer fussy.

After a few days, he asked his clerk to present the apprenticeship gift.

During this period, Bai Haibo would also inquire about Shen Lian's background. After all, once the gift was accepted, it meant that the master-disciple relationship between the two was established.

In ancient times, apprenticeship was extremely cumbersome.

Especially for direct disciples, there is not much difference between finding a master and finding a biological father.

However, Bai Haibo knew the current situation very well and did not choose to make a big fuss. It was quite like they were father and son in name, but in reality, you and I had different generations.

There was no way, ten poor families could not compare to a rich kid.

Although the pawnshop was not rich, it was no problem to support a warrior. Shen Lian should be able to step into the martial arts before the age of thirty.

It took them more than half a month to complete the ceremony of becoming apprentices.

Shen Lian visited the Tide Martial Arts School again.